16 Feb
1999
16 Feb
'99
5:23 a.m.
At 11:11 AM 2/15/99 -0500, Phil wrote:
>Purchased a Sanyo MBC 550 today at the local thrift for $3.50..
Then you paid about $3.50 too much!
>Just the CPU, no monitor or Keyboard..
OOPS! The keyboard is special, only the Sanyo one
will work on the 550.
Anyone know how
many of them were produced ?
Lots and lots and lots. I used to see them all over.
Joe 
16 Feb
16 Feb
8:48 a.m.
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3 a.m.
At 11:11 AM 2/15/99 -0500, Phil wrote:
>Purchased a Sanyo MBC 550 today at the local thrift for $3.50..
> Then you paid about $3.50 too much! Joe, I know that you have a special love for
these machines (Sanyo 550) I
have
read your comments on the forum on the one you
soaked so much money in
trying to get it to run.. (HeHe)!!!
My $0.02. Nothing is ever gained by flaming machines that others collect,
no matter what bad experiences you had with them. I learnt that the hard
way after a rather memorable flamefest involving the Apple ][...
Fact is, the Sanyo can be a somewhat interesting machine. It is not a PC
compatible, and it shouldn't claim to be. It is a classic (10 years or
more old) 8088 box. And for that reason it's on-topic here.
17 Feb
17 Feb
4:52 a.m.
New subject: Sanyo 550 and other junk
BTW:
Last time I saw Joe at a Tampa HamFest he purchased A rather large pile of
pure
junk, all rusty and covered with mildew. I personally
would have passed on
it,
but he was thrilled at the purchase (HaHa)!!
Phil, That large pile of junk was a Tektronix 4051 and HP 9835A. Or at
least that's what they originally were!
So my Sanyo purchase for $3.50 can
never rival that one.. <Grin>!!
Well at least my pile of junk didn't cost any $$$.
"Rare" Sanyo MBC 550..
Yeah, right!
Joe
7:33 a.m.
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16 Feb
16 Feb
1:11 p.m.
My $0.02. Nothing is ever gained by flaming machines
that others collect,
no matter what bad experiences you had with them. I learnt that the hard
way after a rather memorable flamefest involving the Apple ][...
Fact is, the Sanyo can be a somewhat interesting machine. It is not a PC
compatible, and it shouldn't claim to be. It is a classic (10 years or
more old) 8088 box. And for that reason it's on-topic here.
Personally, I find the non-compatible 8088/8086 machines (Sanyo MBC550,
FTS88, HP150, Apricot, Sirius, etc) to be rather interesting and worth
collecting for that reason alone. Nobody is saying you have to do real
work on them, or not own any other computers.
In a way, the non-IBM-compatible 80x86 boxes are probaby one of the few
really interesting MS-DOS boxes from a historical standpoint. They
represent a dead evolutionary branch- one where it was felt that a
company could survive on sheer MS-DOS compatibility.
Of all those, the Sanyo is probably the most unique. While most of the
non-compatibles tried to be superior (Tandy 2000, TI Professional) or
have an "edge" (Dec Rainbow with its dual processor architecture),
the Sanyo seems to have been based around trying to build the most
"cost-reduced", minimal box.
<<<John>>>
P.S. I gave mine to Tony Eros because I never could find a keyboard.
OTOH, I think I still have the monitor around here somewhere.
3:15 p.m.
>At 11:11 AM 2/15/99 -0500, Phil wrote:
Joe, I know that you a special love for these machines (Sanyo 550) I have
read your comments on the forum on the one you soaked so much money in
trying to get it to run.. (HeHe)!!!
Maybe they are worth collecting in the fact that they could possibly be the
most "Incompatible" "Compatible" early DOS machine ever produced..
<HeHe>!!
No I think that honor belongs to the HP 150! But at least HP told you
that up front!
Anyway if they are so plentiful in Orlando how about getting me a Keyboard
and a monitor for it.. <Grin>!!
It uses any NTSC composite monitor. I'll watch for a keybaord but I
haven't seen any Sanyos for a while. That's why I said "USED to see
them".
You do know that my favorite trift store closed their computer department
don't you? It's just as well, I've probably got enough projects to last me
three lifetimes.
I still have some have some change left from the $3.50 I paid for the CPU...
Good, I'll add a "handling charge" :-)
Joe
Phil...
BTW: The Clerk at the Thrift store was convinced it was a VCR, and now that
I look at it, it does look very much like a VCR..
Same size, Same color (Metal Gray / Black Front)..
OK that makes it collectable Right !!!!
"In the year 2525 (If man is still alive, if woman can survive) Commodore 64
computers will still be plentiful and routinely sold at Garage Sales"
1:32 p.m.
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